The Belgian international has started the season in fine style. He registered assists in the first two games of the campaign against Huddersfield Town as well as Arsenal despite coming off the bench in both of those games.

Then on his return to the starting XI he opened his account for the campaign with the opening goal from the penalty spot in the 2-1 win over Newcastle United at St James' Park.

Hazard followed that up with what turned out to be the clincher against Bournemouth before the international break.

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To Barnes' point, the Blues don't have a prolific scorer within the squad which is a reason why Sarri was so heavily linked with a summer move for Gonzalo Higuain - whom he managed at Napoli.

However, the Argentine opted to remain in Italy and joined AC Milan on a season-long loan deal from Juventus meaning Olivier Giroud and Alvaro Morata are vying to lead the line for the west London outfit.